This is probably the most beautiful plant of the Tempe- 

 rate Flora of Mexico. It was originally met with by Mocino 

 and Sesse, two Spanish naturalists, authors of an unpublished 

 Flora Mexicana, and has very lately been introduced to this 

 country. The accompanying drawing was made from a 

 plant in the possession of Mr. John Lee of Hammersmith, to 

 whom the large silver medal of the Horticultural Society of 

 London was awarded upon his exhibiting it at one of the 

 meetings at the Society's house in Regent Street. 



It is difficult to conceive any thing more brilliant than . 

 the appearance of this species, when its rich vermilion- 

 coloured flowers are formed beneath the influence of a 

 Mexican sun ; but if it is grown in a shaded situation, with 

 too much heat and moisture, the bright colours inevitably 

 fade, and the plant is deprived of half its beauty. It will 

 no doubt prove a robust shrub of easy culture, growing 

 freely in a mixture of loam and peat in the green-house ; 

 cuttings of the young wood will strike freely in sand under 

 a bell-glass on a moderate hot-bed. It is probably about as 

 hardy as F. arborescens, and perhaps like that species not 

 enough so to stand the winter, or to flower well in the open 

 border, but it will certainly grow and flower freely in the 

 green-house ; and it is by no means impossible that it may 

 even succeed in the open air in good summers, in a warm 

 sheltered situation. 



This plant may serve as a specimen of what the genus 

 Fuchsia is still able to yield of novelty and beauty. The 

 species, now for the first time figured, only forms one of 

 several that are quite able to rival it in appearance. I would 

 especially direct the attention of those who have commercial 

 relations with Peru to the Fuchsias inhabiting that part of 

 South America. In the woods about Huassa-huassi and 

 Muna, in particular, are some of the most magnificent spe- 

 cies, one of which, called Mollo-Cca?itu, or the Beauty -plant, 

 was found by Mr. Mathews at Huamantanga. It would 

 remunerate any nurseryman for the expense of a Peruvian 

 collector, if he could only bring back alive five species of 

 Fuchsia figured in the Flora Peruviana, not to mention the 

 F. dependens, of which a plate will be found in Sir W. Hooker's 

 excellent " Icones plantarum," (one of the cheapest and 

 most useful books of the day), and some others. 



